Women's alcohol dependence and abuse: The relation to social network and leisure time

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 30-37

  Thundal, Kajsa Lena ^a   Granbom, Stefan ^a   Allebeck, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LOGISTIC MODELS; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0033306006     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/14034948990270011301     Document Type: Article

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